What you subsidize, you get more of. Subsidize being homeless and you'll get more homeless because it's a viable option.
Not to mention, eventually the programs that are intended for the bottom of society climb up. Instead of moving away from Southern ontario, one of the most expensive places to live in the world, we will have a bunch of people working for Walmart and collecting government homeless assistance. Since we know that Walmart does stuff like this.
Not to mention, eventually the programs that are intended for the bottom of society climb up. Instead of moving away from Southern ontario, one of the most expensive places to live in the world, we will have a bunch of people working for Walmart and collecting government homeless assistance. Since we know that Walmart does stuff like this.
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Oh, so Walmart doesn't pay people less because they can encourage people to go on welfare? That didn't happen? Was it disinformation?
Ah, you're one of *those* people.
Nevermind, I'll just go over with the people who don't start with threats when faced with mild agreement.
Nevermind, I'll just go over with the people who don't start with threats when faced with mild agreement.
I never made any threats to you or anyone.
All that happened was I slightly challenged a point when you disagreed with me when I was mostly agreeing with you.
Then you started throwing around threats. I still haven't threatened you or anyone, and I don't intend to. I just think you're a jerk.
All that happened was I slightly challenged a point when you disagreed with me when I was mostly agreeing with you.
Then you started throwing around threats. I still haven't threatened you or anyone, and I don't intend to. I just think you're a jerk.
I mean.... Lots of people complain about it. My feed is filled with folks from across the political spectrum upset with the status quo, and there's constant protests. The reason it keeps happening anyway is corruption and the fact that they can spend a little bit lobbying and get a lot of bang for their buck. Who cares about thousands of voters when one guy in a suit with a briefcase full of money is so much more effective?
It's terrible. You suck money from working Joes (most tax money comes from workers and most inflation comes out of their pockets and paycheques) and choose winners based on who the biggest bag licker is.
It's not even just corporate welfare which is bad enough but at least we can see it. The more insidious thing is regulatory capture. By having your man in Washington helping guide regulations, you can end up in a situation where you get to choose what regulations happen. Then you can choose regulations that aren't particularly going to harm you, but could potentially act as a barrier for entry to other people into the same industry, preventing competition. This is particularly insidious because at the same time you're getting what you want, the politician gets to act like they just did something crippling and deadly to you.
Which really comes up to the saddest thing, we're just regular people. We have jobs of our own, we have lives, we have families, this isn't the only thing we do. Meanwhile, these companies hire people for whom playing politics not just in Washington but in broader society is all they do. Not only can they go to Washington and get whatever they want from there, they are experts at figuring out how to pit us regular people against each other so that we're fighting each other instead of them.
It's terrible. You suck money from working Joes (most tax money comes from workers and most inflation comes out of their pockets and paycheques) and choose winners based on who the biggest bag licker is.
It's not even just corporate welfare which is bad enough but at least we can see it. The more insidious thing is regulatory capture. By having your man in Washington helping guide regulations, you can end up in a situation where you get to choose what regulations happen. Then you can choose regulations that aren't particularly going to harm you, but could potentially act as a barrier for entry to other people into the same industry, preventing competition. This is particularly insidious because at the same time you're getting what you want, the politician gets to act like they just did something crippling and deadly to you.
Which really comes up to the saddest thing, we're just regular people. We have jobs of our own, we have lives, we have families, this isn't the only thing we do. Meanwhile, these companies hire people for whom playing politics not just in Washington but in broader society is all they do. Not only can they go to Washington and get whatever they want from there, they are experts at figuring out how to pit us regular people against each other so that we're fighting each other instead of them.